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GEORGE M. GILL, or MEXICO, MISSOURI.

METALLIC PANEL FOR DOORS AND OTHER USES.

EBIBCIFICA'IION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,583, dated September 21, 1886.

Application filed April 22, 1866. Serial No. 199,817. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. GILL. a citizen of the United States, residing at Mexico, iii the county of Audrain and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and usealso in cross-section, having double panels.

Fig. 5 is a crosssection showing the panel applied upon the wood or other surface.

My invention contemplates a new and improved panel and a new material for panels,-

and a new and more economical method of constructing apd inserting them in doors,-casings, mantel-pieces, ceilings, base-boards, stairs,and frontings in buildings, and in furniture, vehicles, and in all articles and places in which paneling, either plain or ornamental, may be desired.

My panel can be readily formed of malleable sheet metal in suitable dimensions and desirable patterns bystamping, pressing, and other available processes. It is supplied with a flange, by means of which it can be secured firmly in a desired position by bolts, nails, or screws, and by grooves or casings. In its single and simplest form it is suitable for openings, in which the design is visible from only one side, or in which it is sufficient to exhibit the same design of ornamentation on both sides. In its double form, or where two panels or stampings are put in back to back, it makes a panel susceptible of being ornamented on both sides with similar or different designs.

Having now stated the nature and general scope and aim of my invention, I will proceed to describe it more in detail, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. In these A denotes a door made in any desired style, the frame abeing of wood. In this frame are placed the metallic panels I), as many or as few as may be desired to conform to any plan or style. These panels can be made as shown in Fig. 2, where the flange 11, which extends around the entire edge, is made to overlap the edge of the openings into which the panel is placed, and it can be confined in place by means of nails through its flange; or the flange 1) of the panel may, as shown in Fig. 3, be simply inserted in the groove a, which is made all around the opening in the door-frame, and thus be secured firmly and positively in place. The details of this fitting any carpenter will readily understand, since individual pieces of the frame being properly prepared with this groove, the panel is placed in position as the door is being put together.

In Figs. 2 and 3 are shown a, panel of a single thickness or sheet of metal; but in Fig.4 are shown panels made of two thicknesses or sheets of metal. This form of construction under many conditions of use-as in housedoorswill be found very good, as it will give a more solid door and admit of fine ornamentation on both sides of the door, the face of each piece of metal having a distinct figure or ornament on it.

The modification in the way of applying my panel, as shown in Fig. 5, consists in placing molding having a grooved inside edge upon a solid face of the door or other backing formed by the casing or other part where the panel is to be applied, and at the same time fitting the flange of the panel into said groove. This method of application is desired more particularly for wood-work about fire-places, carriages, base-boards, or any place where it. is not convenient to make an opening,but where, by means of molding, a suitable frame can be made for the panel; or this could be accomplished by rabbeting the lower edge of the molding and placing the flange of the panel therein, and thus the panel will be securely fixed and held in position.

The details of changes in the adaptation of this invention in use are very wide and need not here be any more specifically pointed out than above to indicate it fully and sufficiently to any one skilled in the art to which this inventionibelongsr By this invention in the cheapest and most durable way beautiful ornamentation can be applied to the large class of devices named above and many others.

Having now described my invention, what faces and properly secured in place, a metal I consider new, and desire to secure by Letters panel flanged about its entire edge and made Patent, is of a single pieee,all substantially as described. 1. In combination with a door, a sheet-metal In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in 5 panel flanged entirely round its edges and presence of two witnesses.

made ofa single piece and held in place by grooves about the opening in which the panel GEORGE (ILL is set, substantially as described. Vitnesses:

2. In combination with a solid back and GEO. ROBERTSON,

1o moldings grooved or recessed on their inner JOHN A. llIOINrrRE. 

